A water-filled crate which British aviation enthusiasts believe contains a
complete Second World War Spitfire plane has been discovered at a site in
northern Burma, fuelling hopes that a major excavation project that is
getting under way in the country will yield results.

The wooden crate, which was buried 67 years ago at a remote site near
Myitkyina in Burma’s northern Kachin state close to the border with China
and India, is believed to contain one of up to 140 British Spitfires that
are said to lie buried in the South-East Asian country, where some of the
most bitter fighting